next level. they enlisted mohamed as a confidential informant, and gave him a story to tell his part-time lover, that he d found her a hit man who could pull off the job. two things coulda happened. either this guy was lying to us or it was true. we hadn t validated the information yet until he actually makes contact. reporter: mohamed, the tipster, set up an assignation with the woman for the very next day. the car that he drove to the gas station meeting point had been rigged by police technicians for pictures and sound. undercover agents nearby would be watching the whole time to find out who this woman was, where she lived, who her husband was and just what the heck was going on. she came down the street. came into the gas station. immediately, we picked up the car. and not only are we watchin her, we re also hearing what s goin on in the informant s car, live. hey, what s up? i love you. i love you, too. reporter: running down the
her a hit man who could pull off the job. two things coulda happened. either this guy was lying to us or it was true. we hadn t validated the information yet until he actually makes contact. reporter: mohamed, the tipster, set up an assignation with the woman for the very next day. the car that he drove to the gas station meeting point had been rigged by police technicians for pictures and sound. undercover agents nearby would be watching the whole time to find out who this woman was, where she lived, who her husband was and just what the heck was going on. she came down the street. came into the gas station. immediately, we picked up the car. and not only are we watchin her, we re also hearing what s goin on in the informant s car, live. hey, what s up? i love you. i love you, too. reporter: running down the license plates and registration yielded the name of a 26-year-old woman dalia dippolito, the same woman who would later be seen on that videotape as the grieving
they enlisted mohamed as a confidential informant, and gave him a story to tell his part-time lover, that he d found her a hit man who could pull off the job. two things could have happened either this guy was lying to us or it was true. we hadn t validated the information yet until he actually makes contact. reporter: mohamed, the tipster, set up an assignation with the woman for the very next day. the car that he drove to the gas station meeting point had been rigged by police technicians for pictures and sound. undercover agents nearby would be watching the whole time to find out who this woman was, where she lived, who her husband was and just what the heck was going on. she came down the street. came into the gas station. immediately, we picked up the car. and not only are we watching her, we re also hearing what s goin on in the informant s car, live. hey, what s up? i love you. i love you, too. reporter: running down the license plates and registration yielded t
next level they enlisted mohamed as a confidential informant, and gave him a story to tell his part-time lover, that he d found her a hit man who could pull off the job. two things coulda happened. either this guy was lying to us or it was true we hadn t validated the information yet until he actually makes contact reporter: mohamed, the tipster, set up an assignation with the woman for the very next day. the car that he drove to the gas station meeting point had been rigged by police technicians for pictures and sound undercover agents nearby would be watching the whole time to find out who this woman was, where she lived, who her husband was and just what the heck was going on she came down the street. came into the gas station. immediately, we picked up the car. and not only are we watchin her, we re also hearing what s goin on in the informant s car, live hey, what s up? i love you. i love you, too reporter: running down the license plates and registration
reporter: while they debated whether or not the tipster s story was credible, they knew that a life may be on the line. so the detectives took it to the next level. they enlisted mohamed as a confidential informant, and gave him a story to tell his part-time lover, that he d found her a hit man who could pull off the job. two things coulda happened. either this guy was lying to us or it was true. we hadn t validated the information yet until he actually makes contact. reporter: mohamed, the tipster, set up an assignation with the woman for the very next day. the car that he drove to the gas station meeting point had been rigged by police technicians for pictures and sound. undercover agents nearby would be watching the whole time to find out who this woman was, where she lived, who her husband was and just what the heck was going on. she came down the street. came into the gas station. immediately, we picked up the car. and not only are we watchin her, we re also hearing what